"A stranger."
"I made a mistake!"
"Yes; you made a mistake. Will you not look again at the man?"
"Certainly I will."
"Will you rise up in bed?"
"Yes."
Renie assisted the old man to rise, and beckoned the men to lead the detective forward.
"Now, father," she said, "look upon this man."
The old smuggler looked the detective all over, and a change came over his face as he said:
"Is that the man I denounced?"